Toyota Highlander Hybrid 2020 User Manual

The 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a mid-size hybrid SUV that blends the Highlander’s roominess and versatility with hybrid technology’s fuel efficiency and low impact on the environment. It is reliable and good for the environment because of its sleek form, comfortable interior, and high-tech safety features. The Highlander Hybrid has a hybrid powertrain that gets great gas mileage without losing speed. It comes with current technology and connectivity features that make it a useful and fun car for daily commutes and trips with the family.

Main Owner’s Manual

Please note that this manual applies to explain all models and all equipment, including options. Therefore, you may find some explanations for equipment not installed on your vehicle.
All specifications provided in this manual are current at the time of printing. However, because of the Toyota policy of continual product improvement, we reserve the right to make changes at any time without notice. Depending on specifications, the vehicle shown in the illustrations may differ from your vehicle in terms of color and equipment.

Noise from under the vehicle after turning off the hybrid system
Approximately five hours after the hybrid system is turned off, you may hear sound coming from under the vehicle for sev-eral minutes. This is the sound of a fuel evaporation leakage check and, it does not indicate a malfunction.

A wide variety of non-genuine spare parts and accessories for Toyota vehicles are currently available in the market. You should know that Toyota does not warrant these products and is not responsible for their per-formance, repair, or replace-ment, or for any damage they may cause to, or adverse effect they may have on, your Toyota vehicle.
This vehicle should not be modi-fied with non-genuine Toyota products. Modification with non-genuine Toyota products could affect its performance, safety or durability, and may even violate governmental regu-lations. In addition, damage or performance problems resulting from the modification may not be covered under warranty.

Installation of a mobile two-way radio system

The installation of a mobile two-way radio system in your vehicle could affect electronic systems such as:

1. Hybrid system
2. Multiport fuel injection sys-tem/sequential multiport fuel injection system
3. Toyota Safety Sense 2.0
4. Anti-lock brake system
5. SRS airbag system
6. Seat belt pre-tensioner system

Be sure to check with your Toyota dealer for precautionary measures or special instructions regarding installation of a mobile two-way radio system.
High voltage parts and cables on hybrid vehicles emit approximately the same amount of electromagnetic waves as conventional gasoline-powered vehicles or home electronic appliances despite of their electromagnetic shielding. Unwanted noise may occur in the reception of the mobile two-way radio.

Vehicle data recording
The vehicle is equipped with sophisticated computers that will record certain data, such as:

1. Engine speed/Electric motor speed (traction motor speed)
2. Accelerator status
3. Brake status
4. Vehicle speed
5. Operation status of the driving assist systems
6. Images from the cameras

Your vehicle is equipped with cam-eras. Contact your Toyota dealer for the location of recording cameras. The recorded data varies according to the vehicle grade level and options with which it is equipped.
These computers do not record conversations or sounds, and only record images outside of the vehicle in certain situations.

Data Transmission
Your vehicle may transmit the data recorded in these computers to Toyota without notification to you.

Data usage
Toyota may use the data recorded in this computer to diagnose malfunctions, conduct research and development, and improve quality.

Toyota will not disclose the recorded data to a third party except:

1. With the consent of the vehicle owner or with the consent of the lessee if the vehicle is leased
2. In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
3. For use by Toyota in a lawsuit
4. For research purposes where the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or vehicle owner

Recorded image information can be erased by your Toyota dealer. The image recording function can be disabled. However, if the function is disabled, data from when the system operates will not be available.

Usage of data collected through Safety Connect (U.S. mainland only)
If your Toyota has Safety Connect and if you have subscribed to those services, please refer to the Safety Connect Telematics Subscription Service Agreement for information on the data collected and its usage.
To learn more about the vehicle data collected, used, and shared by Toyota, please visit www.toyota.com/privacyvts/.

Event data recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crashes or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.

The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

1. How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
2. Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
3. How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
4. How fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

NOTE:
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.

Toyota will not disclose the data recorded in an EDR to a third party except when:

1. An agreement from the vehicle’s owner (or the lessee for a leased vehicle) is obtained
2. In response to an official request by the police, a court of law or a government agency
3. For use by Toyota in a lawsuit, However, if necessary, Toyota may:
4. Use the data for research on vehicle safety performance
5. Disclose the data to a third party for research purposes without disclosing information about the specific vehicle or vehicle owner.

Scrapping of your Toyota
The SRS airbag and seat belt pre-tensioner devices in your Toyota contain explosive chemicals. If the vehicle is scrapped with the airbags and seat belt pre-tensioners left as they are, this may cause an accident such as a fire. Be sure to have the systems of the SRS airbag and seat belt pre-tensioner removed and disposed of by a qualified service shop or by your Toyota dealer before you scrap your vehicle.

Perchlorate Material
Special handling may apply, See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazard-ouswaste/perchlorate.
Your vehicle has components that may contain perchlorate. These components may include airbags, seat belt pre-tensioners, and wireless remote control batteries.

WARNING:
General precautions while driving Driving under the influence: Never drive your vehicle when under the influence of alcohol or drugs that have impaired your ability to operate your vehicle. Alcohol and certain drugs delay reaction time, impair judgment and reduce coordination, which could lead to an accident that could result in death or serious injury.
Defensive driving: Always drive defensively. Anticipate mistakes that other drivers or pedestrians might make and be ready to avoid accidents.
Driver distraction: Always give your full attention to driving. Anything that distracts the driver, such as adjusting controls, talking on a cellular phone or reading can result in a collision with resulting death or serious injury to you, your occupants or others.

General precautions regarding children’s safety
Never leave children unattended in the vehicle, and never allow children to have or use the key.
Children may be able to start the vehicle or shift the vehicle into neutral. There is also a danger that children may injure themselves by playing with the windows, the moon roof or panoramic moon roof, or other features of the vehicle. In addition, heat build-up or extremely cold temperatures inside the vehicle can be fatal to children.

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